𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰺𐰸

Old Turkic

Etymology

From an unattested root 𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰺 (buyur-, “to order”) +‎ 𐰸 (-uq), itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *buyur- (“to order”). Cognate with Chuvash пӳр (pür), Khalaj buyurmaq, Turkish buyurmak (“to order, to request”), Turkish buyruk (“order”), Uzbek buyurmoq, Bashkir бойороу (boyorow).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰺𐰸 (buyruq)

1. minister
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E4

     𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰺𐰸𐰃:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰼𐰨:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰼𐰨

     buyruqï:yeme:bilge:ermiš:erinč:alp:ermiš:erinč

     Their ministers, too, were presumably wise and tough.

2. order

Related terms

• 𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰺 (buyur-, “to order”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “buyruq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 322
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “buyruk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 387
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bujur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill